The biggest cities of Great Britain

Tamara Lutsenko

Lyceum of Information Technologies English Teacher

IntroductionWe are going to talk about the biggest

cities of Great BritainThere are 10 biggest cities in Great

BritainAll this cities have important part of

Britain economy and culture

The biggest cities

Population of the cities

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8000000LondonBirminghamGlasgowEdinburghManchesterNewcastleLeedsLiverpoolBristolAberdeen

London The capital of England Is situated in south-eastern

England along the Thames River

Founded by Romans in A.D. 43

One of the three main financial centres in the world

Parliament The river Thames runs

thorough the city

Transport in London Double-deckers Black taxis Underground Planes

London underground Founded in 1870 One of the biggest

in the world

London sights

Westminster Abbey Windsor

CastleTower Bridge

Arms of London

Edinburgh Capital of Scotland Famous Edinburghers: Bell,

Stevenson, Scott, Connery. Coastal city

Bristol The largest city in

the South West It has a great

harbour Home of Rolls

Royce The Concorde

factory

Leeds

75 nationalities 731 Bede’s “History of English Church

and People” Centre of wool & sewing factory

                

Glasgow

Compaq Scotland’s largest

city Fishing Harbour city

Aberdeen Oil Capital of

Europe + 40.000 jobs

The world's first holographic 3D camera

It’s a coastal city

Manchester 10% of workers Significant financial

sector The highest weekly

earnings-£420.40 Manchester United

Birmingham Second largest city

Aston Hall The first steam

engine was invented

Warwick Castle

Shakespeare

Stratford Upon Avon W. Shakespeare

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Liverpool Capital of culture The Beatles Sunday talents Festival city

Newcastle

Many earthquakes Harbour Coal mining

Summary There are 10

biggest cities in GB. Only London &

Birmingham have more than 1,000,000 citizens

Many interesting sights